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ex-khobar Andy
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The Secret Service Has To Protect Former Presidents — But What If They Are In Jail?

WASHINGTON ― If a former president ends up in jail, will Secret Service agents have to be in there with him?

It’s a question the agency has never had to confront before but may have to come up with protocols for soon, as investigators in New York state and Georgia scrutinize Donald Trump’s actions for possible criminal prosecution.

“This would be unprecedented,” said Jeffrey Robinson, co-author of the book, “Standing Next to History: An Agent’s Life Inside the Secret Service.”

“It’s going to present some very interesting circumstances,” he said.

Secret Service officials declined to discuss the matter. “In order to maintain operational security, the U.S. Secret Service does not comment on the means and methods used to conduct the agency’s protective operations,” a spokesperson wrote in a statement.

Trump political adviser Jason Miller did not respond to a HuffPost query about whether Trump would waive his right to Secret Service protection if he wound up in the custody of state or federal law enforcement.
It's worth reading the whole piece. Delicious.

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If it required a legislative change to require former presidents to forfeit SS protection while incarcerated, it would be interesting to see how Republicans would attempt to justify voting against such a change (which the vast majority of them would).
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If they can strip titles, honors, medals, and awards from disgraced athletes merely because they were found to have used banned stimulants in competition, why can't we strip a disgraced politician of any of their honors and privileges if he/she were to be found guilty of criminal misconduct??  Lock 'em up and let him/her take their chances in the general population like any other common criminal.
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